Morgue to identify her son. She says that wont be necessary. That her son is alive. 6 00 p. M. December 29th a detective comes back to her house to apologize for the mistaken identity. What do you make of this . I think they should you know make a positive i. D. On a person before they come because, you know anything could happen. I could have had a heart attack right here on this floor. Reporter in a statement d. C. Police say proper protocol was not followed in the identification process. They say the department is investigating how this occurred so tn now the man really killed in that shootout with police has been identified as 33yearold Gregory Marcus gray of no fixed address. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Thank you, pat. The flu has claimed the life of a fifth grader from creightons corner elementary in ashburn, village. Joshua justin died last week. His death come y room doctors are seeing a spike in flu cases. David culver at inova hospital. Reporter at all of the area hospitals youll notice these signs going up. Its all part of an effort to stop the flu from spreading. The strict new visiting policy limits the number much visitors per patient to just two and if you walk through the doors you may be asked to put on a facemask. We definitely have seen a spike. Started around thanksgiving. Been increasing ever since. Reporter chief of infectiousl control says weve not seen the worst of it. Flu is hitting our region hard. This years flu shot is not as effective. We expect 80 , 90 efficiency this year its about 52 . Only covering about half the flu antigens. Is it worth getting the flu shot . I still recommend the flu shot. Lessens the symptoms and illness and can give you protection. Reporter at higher risk infante, Young Children and elderly. He worries abo college age students. This is the time of the year it can spread. Reporter for those that work and live around you if you feel the symptoms call your doctor or head to an er. While recovering stay home. If your child has a cough, shows a fever, chills body aches, could be signs of the flu. Keep them home. Reporter some of us think of the flu and we think of nausea and vomiting. Doctors say more likely symptoms are coughing shortness of breath and fever. Ahead at 6 00 ill tell you why the doctors are worried about next week. In alexandria im david culver. Joshs death comes as we see a spike in flu cases in our area and around the country. 36 states are now reporting widespread flu cases according to the latest data from centers for control. Here in our region that includes maryland and virginia. There is a desperate search for a maryland toddler who is believed to be hundreds of miles from home. You may have seen an alert. About 14monthold cameron beckford. More than 500 people have shared his photo from our Facebook Page. Police say the boys mother took the child and his sister from frederick, maryland to Columbus Ohio earlier this month. Camerons father reported him missing after the mother told him she could no longer care for the boy. And when investigators tracked her down she told them she abandoned the child on a strangers porch the day after christmas. The mother is in custody and police are searching a large park area for that child. Right now a water main break is impacting the commute home this time its on one of Northern Virginias busiest roads. That break happened this morning on columbia pike in Baileys Crossroads. Crews have started repairs but several blocks are still shut down. News4 Jackie Bensen is live at the break with more on how its impacting the community. Reporter we want to show you the very cold activity as workers from Fairfax County and local utilities work to repair that break. The break started about 10 30 this morning causing columbia pike to buckle here in the Baileys Crossroads video of what that looked like earlier to show you. It sent water gushing down the street damaging the road. Columbia pike remains shut down between blair street and tyler street. Now, when this was first reported a lot of the people in this area hundreds of people were told that it may be some time before they could have their Water Service restored and a lot of them headed to the local supermarkets to stock up. We talked to a woman about that. I got 20 gallons. Whats the thought process here . They could turn it off and maybe we cant flush and maybe theres a lot of people in our building and everyone is surprised. Oh by the way no water. Reporter in fact back out live you can see the work continues on these repairs and luckily for most of those people water will not be an issue. Its been restored to all but a few homes in this area. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 well tell you how this water main break is impacting traffic here in the Baileys Crossroads area. Live in Fairfax CountyJackie Bensen news4. Water problems also hit a nearby mall. The entire food court at Pentagon City mall is the closed off right now. Its unrelated to the water main break. The Arlington CountyPublic Health department made the move because the mall had to shut off water as crews made repairs to the sewage system there. The mall is currently undergoing expansion. The casket arrived at the church on a horse drawn carriage. Funeral Services Held today for the Charles County officer who was killed in a car crash on sunday. The emotional tributes began early this morning honoring a man known for his integrity and his kindness. News4 chris gordon was there. Reporter a bagpiper played amazing grace. There was a 21 gun salute. Five helicopters flew overhead with one veering off making the missing man formation. It began with a long thin blue line chopper 4 following Police Motorcycles and patrol cars from across our region driving through waldorf, maryland to st. Peters church where a caisson brought the casket of jamel clagett. He went and took breakfast to our communication personnel, our dispatchers before securing for his midnight tour and, unfortunately, on his way home he didnt make it there. Reporter in king george virginia corporal clagetts patrol car hate tree. Sergeant chris smith leads the honor guard. His team worked tirelessly to make everything run perfectly so corporal clagetts family would know what he means to the sheriffs office. We had come to grow to love him so much and respect him so much as a person. He was one of those guys that would come in the room and you always felt good being around him. Reporter near the end of the ceremony there was a final police car. That was clagett as call sign. Your watch has ended. You are gone but will not be forgotten. Reporter reporting from waldorf, maryland chris gordon news4. And if you would like to reach out you can make a donation in corporal clagetts name to the fraternal order of police. Former president george h. W. Bush is back home resting. He was released from the hospital today. A family spokesperson says hes grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care. President bush was rushed by ambulance a week ago because of breathing problems. He was at the same hospital two years ago for bronchitis. President bush is 90 years old. I want to thank my colleagues and my constituents. A new apology late this a from the third highest ranking republican in the house of reprs who is acknowledging he did speak to a group that was founded by former ku klux klan leader david duke in 2002. In a Statement Today louisiana congressman Steve Scalise called his appearance a mistake and quote it was a mistake i regret and i elm fatigually oppose the divisive racial and religious views groups like these hold. A father is hit and killed on his bicycle and left for dead. Now were learning more about the troubled past of the bishop who originally left him for dead. The push to strengthen antihazing laws. How one maryland lawmaker plans to get everyones attention. The scratch off mystery revealed. We did some digging today to find out why some lottery tickets are vanishing from stores. Were coming right back. Ive been noticing that myself. Take a look. Clear skies. That means were in for a very cold night. Ill show you how cold and how we are learning new details about a deadly hitandrun crash in maryland thats making national headlines. The woman behind the wheel a history making bishop and the episcopal church. Shes on leave and could face charges. This isnt her first brush with the law. It will be my special care to nurture all gods people. Shes marylands first female episcopal bishop. Heather cook now on administrati leave after involved in a deadly hitandrun crash saturday afternoon. Flowers now mark the battle street where 41yearold man was killed while riding his bike. Police wont discuss the case but witnesses say the driver fled the scene. Churn officials acknowledge cook was the driver. You can see the point of impact on her windshield. But in a statement the church said she returned 20 minutes later to quote, take responsibility for her actions. Bike riders said palermo died in the type of crash they fear and are outraged the driver didnt stay to help. Thats terrible. Maybe he could have been saved if the 911 call had been made right away. Tom palermos family said he had k wit and a passion for bike safety. This is not cooks first brush with the law. In 2010 Court Records show she received probation before judgment for a drinking and driving charge in maryland. Cook was also charged at the time with possession of marijuana and drug paraphenalia. Church leaders now stunned. She was very accurate very kind person. She is a wonderful priest and has a huge heart. And i am deeply sad jepd by this event. Cooks lawyer wont discuss the crash but told the washingt cook was distraught about the death of the cyclist naturally and added, shes praying for him and his family. Marylands office of the attorney gen says the homicide unit is handling this case now. D bishop cooks lawyer says that she has declined a request to comment. We are right in the middle of the deadliest time of the year for drunk driving and buff head out for new years celebrations a new study out tonight is highlighting the importance of designating a driver if you plan to have a few cocktails. The care and Treatment Centers recently surveyed party goers. Half said they witnessed someone leave a party drunk and get behind the wheel. A third admitted to driving home drunk themselves. The time period between thanksgiving and new years in 2012 1,091 people were killed as a result of drunk driving. Its a good idea to think about how youll get home before heading to that new years eve party. Choose a designated driver or load ride share apps and number of Taxi Services into your phone. Also take metro. Most of the trains will be running until 2 00 in the morning. And if you miss that last train youll have to wait a while because on new years day the trains dont start running until after 7 00 in the morning. But there will be extra trains on the green line on new ys y because they are there to accommodate the crowds for the winter classic hockey game. That leads to us our facebook survey. What your planning for new years eve. In bed before midnight. Home with myself. Family or friends. Out for fun. Or Something Else . Something else. Fill in the blank. More than half of you say youll be hanging out at home with family and friends because it can get nutty out there on new years eve and sometimes just staying at home and partying is the best thing to do. I heard most of those people that 62 will be watching news4 at 11 00. Great they would say that. People would still watch us. You wont be seeing any of us at 11 00 on new years eve. Well be watching too. Thanks a lot, wendy. Take a look outside. It is going to be a cold couple of days. The coldest day may actually be tomorrow and tomorrow night, new years eve. Looking very chilly. Right now a little bit on the chilly side. 41 degrees, wind chill in the low to mid30s at the airport. Winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. Take a look at numbers. 36 in leesburg. Down at the Franklin Park in gaithersburg. 40 in fredericksburg. With these clear skies well cool very quickly, i think and were in for a very chilly morning tomorrow. Storm team 4 radar, we did see a few showers and a few flurries towards the south. Clouds moved down south. Colder air continues to move in. You can track the colder air. Look at it coming across chicago. See these clouds. These are all due to the great lakes. That tells you cold air is coming over the lakes and making their way down the south creating the cloud cover. A couple of areas with lakeeffect snow. But thats it. No big storm systems any time soon at least not for the next couple of days. 30 in d. C. Tonight. 21 in gaithersburg. 22 in leesburg. 20 in frederick. Cold right . Its actually right around average for this time of the year. Weve been on the mild side so far in the move december. Tomorrow we turn things around. Below average with plenty much sunshine even with that sun only get in the highs to mid30s. 36 in gaithersburg 35 winchester 38 down towards manassas. A cold day. What to wear on new years eve. You know its the coat and you need sunglasses. I was driving earlier today the glare, the sun very bright. Even with the sun you need the coat and gloves and need the hat. Its going to be that cold. If youre heading out tomorrow night for new years eve, very cold temperatures with lows in lower 20s. So heads up for that around midnight. More sunshine on thursday. Thats new years day. Winter classic perfect weather temperatures around 42 degrees with sunshine. Little breezy. 44 on friday. 43 on saturday. Then 52 on sunday. This was the storm system we were talking about yesterday. Possibly moving inland. Possibly moving to the south. Now it looks like an inland storm. That means chilly afternoon. But storm with mainly rain and a cold pattern will follow. This weekend were very chilly on saturday. Sunday looks like temperatures around 52 with that rain early in the morning and then clearing up and getting cold. Chance of snow on tuesday. Not a huge chance but, hey, at least its a hans for some snow to make its way in across our area as 2015 moves in. Thank you, doug. It was a military wedding that was interrupted by the commanderinc. Hi. Hear more of the president ial apology and find out why this couple said the golf trip wasnt the only reason they feared they would have to move their ceremony. Some of hollywoods biggest stars were in our backyard. Were going to tell you about the well kept secret during a movie shoot that occurred in Northern Virginia. Im on h street in northeast d. C. When will you start to see street cars running here . You might have your answer right ther its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event put us on yours. Choose a cruze in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. Thats over four thousand two hundred fifty dollars on this cruze lt. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Its a common lottery saying you cant win if you dont play but here in the district when it comes to those popular scratch instant tickets you cant play. There arent scratch off tickets. Tom sherwood reports on how you and the district are missing out on millions of dollars. Reporter here at kings cafe and carry out lottery players know something is missing. They are all out of those popular instant scratchoff tickets. Dont have any. You got to buy your tickets in maryland. Reporter in a letter today the district ceo was warning potential city wide budget deficit and says d. C. Is losing out on about 15 million in revenue because of a contract dispute over printing those scratchoff tickets. That means lost income for vendors all over the city. Your customers want the instant tickets. Where are they. They are looking for any tickets but right now we dont have any. Our commissions 5 per ticket. We sell like a thousand dollars a day. Reporter city Officials Say new contracts should be signed soon and scratch tights could be back on the shelves in a couple of months. At the tenley liquor market customers cant way. They are all gone. Have to go maryland to get them. How did you do in maryland. No winner. Got to get them back in the district. We need them back here. Reporter the city told news4 it hopes to sign new contracts in a few days with tickets back on the shelves by spring. All right. Thank you. She trusted the mail service. But now a prince georges grandmother is out thousands of dollars. Im Scott Macfarlane in Capital Heights new developments in the investigati of two workers. They are accused of taking peoples mail and the valuables inside. A scare on the slopes. The one thing a 10yearold did on a ski trip that hell never forget. Welcome back at 5 30. Were working on a number of big stories. We have Team Coverage storm team 4 watching the coldest weather of the season creep in. Will d. C. Deliver on its promise of street car service by the end of this year . Plus well share a childhood flashback as we countsdown to the winter classic. First and new at 5 00 more problems for missing mail at a local postal processing service. Valuable mail missing from the major u. S. Postal Service Processing center in Capital Heights, maryland. Hundreds of dollars in mailed gifts are reported lost. And how to sands of dollars more potentially stolen as news4 Scott Macfarlane reports the feds have spent months trying to figure out how and why. Reporter angela said she put all 1,200 worth of gifts for her grand daughters in one box. Basically she couldnt afford to buy christmas for them. Shes working and paying bills. Reporter thats christmas 2013. She said the tracking system said the box was last seen inside the major Processing Center i